The Hypersexuality of Race: Performing Asian/American Women on Screen and Scene by Shimizu, Celine Parrenas

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Softcover volume, measuring approximately 6.25" x 9", displays light shelfwear. Binding is firm. Pages are clean and bright. xii/339 pages."In "The Hypersexuality of Race," Celine Parreñas Shimizu urges a shift in thinking about sexualized depictions of Asian/American women in film, video, and theatrical productions. Shimizu advocates moving beyond denunciations of sexualized representations of Asian/American women as necessarily demeaning or negative. Arguing for a more nuanced approach to the mysterious mix of pleasure, pain, and power in performances of sexuality, she advances a theory of "productive perversity," a theory which allows Asian/American women—and by extension other women of color—to lay claim to their own sexuality and desires as actors, producers, critics, and spectators.Shimizu combines theoretical and textual analysis and interviews with artists involved in various productions. She complicates understandings of the controversial portrayals of Asian female sexuality in the… Read More

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Paperback / softback. New. Based on author's own experiences as a Filapina American filmmaker and as a spectator to urge a shift in thinking about sexualized depictions of Asian/American women in film, video, and theatrical productions, this book moves beyond denunciations of sexualized representations of Asian/American women as necessarily demeaning or negative.

Duke University Press Books. New. Special order direct from the distributor

Duke Univ Pr, 2007. Paperback. New. 352 pages. 8.75x6.25x0.75 inches.

Duke University Press Books, 2007-07-30. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!